For seventy five minutes yesterday, a tsunami warning was in effect for the California coast triggered by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck about 83 miles off the coast of northern California.
Below is the seismograph image
The Asian Tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9 earthquake off Sumatra, killed more than 290,000 people with its surge of 16.5 feet.
If yesterday's earthquake had been a magnitude 9, it would have triggered a surge of more than 20 feet along the Washington and Oregon coasts according the UC Santa Cruz geophysicist Steven Ward.
The San Francisco Chronicle displays Ward's graphic of the impact of such a Tsunami surge along the West Coast here. (HT Wizbang)
Those of you in an earthquake zone living aside the beautiful coast of the Pacific should look at yesterday's quake and brief tsunami warning as a SIGN or a BUMP. Time to pack a go-bag and be prepared to flee with what you hold most dear.
A guy named Lileks commented on Gerard Vanderleun's Bump.
I have a Go-Sack, a Go-Bag, and a Go-Box. The Sack is in the closet, and contains requisites necessary for a trip from here to there, God forbid. The Box is in the garage, and can be thrown in the car in a second; it has food, electronics, fire, cooking tools, wind-up radios, pointy things, all that Coleman crap you can buy at Target. The Bag has all the digitized histories. Worst comes to worst: one, two, three, and we're off.
I often feel foolish for having these things, let alone updating them from time to time. Until I read entries like yours. And the comments! I'll add a notebook and a book to the Box.
Tomorrow. Or one of the days that follow. Hell, next week. What's the ru
I like Gerard's new banner quote, "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow." - George Patton.
Posted by Jill Fallon at June 15, 2005 3:03 PM | Permalink